The Indian squad for the two Test matches against Sri Lanka has just been announced. There is a newcomer in that 15-member team.

Suffered a muscle injury while batting in the second ODI against England. Washington Sundar is not even in the Sri Lanka series after getting knocked out of that series.

Instead of Sundar, the selectors of the Indian team called a right-handed off-spinner and left-handed batter all-rounder like him to the national team for the first time. He is the quintessential Jain. He was the Indian net bowler in the Afghanistan series, this time the 33-year-old cricketer got a chance in the main team.

And Ashwin’s fan summary has also taken 188 wickets at an average of 27.30 besides scoring 2223 runs at an average of 31.75 in 54 first-class matches.

His father Subodh Jain was also a first-class cricketer. The offspinner played for Madhya Pradesh and took 23 wickets in nine Ranji Trophy matches. That sense of well-being essentially provides extra motivation to perform well.

Subodh was diagnosed with oral cancer in 2014. Saransh was on tour to Australia for the Madhya Pradesh team at that time. Although he was not informed initially, they later concluded in a handwritten note to his father that he would recover quickly if he played well.

Keeping his father’s words in mind, Saransh gave his all in cricket. Durant performed well in the matches for Madhya Pradesh in the 2022 Knock Out. He took 13 wickets along with a half-century to help the team win their first Ranji title.

This year’s Ranji Trophy was the best Ranji season of his career. Besides scoring 518 runs at an average of 57.55, this all-rounder also took 30 wickets at an average of 20.43.

In the Duleep Trophy, he also scored two fifties in two matches for the Central Zone and became the tournament best with 16 wickets. He then caught the eye of the Indian selectors and took six wickets along with an innings of 70 in the second four-day match for India ‘A’ on the ongoing tour of Sri Lanka. After that he was called to the national team.